Roger Federer Quotes

When I think of the Olympics I only think of good things. I think of what a great event it is and what it has done for me and my career, and changed my personal life, too.

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• If you're going to play the game properly, you'd better know every rule.

  

  Barbara Jordan
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  • Know
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• I'm the biggest geek of all. Adventure, fantasy, comic books - I can't get enough.

  

  Nathan Fillion
  • Enough
  • Adventure
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• My Mt. Rushmore of hero worship would include Ralph Waldo Emerson, Marcus Aurelius, Frank Sinatra and Barry White.

  

  Karen Duffy
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• I think in the end, when you're famous, people like to narrow you down to a few personality traits. I think I've just become this ambitious, say-whatever's-on-her-mind, intimidating person. And that's part of my personality, but it's certainly not anywhere near the whole thing.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
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• I don't meet many people who are talking about shows on Showtime.

  

  Ira Glass
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• For a black male, the sound of the blues is pre-Civil Rights. It's oppression.

  

  Gary Clark Jr.
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• For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.

  

  Rainer Maria Rilke
  • Work
  • Love
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• When it comes down to hardball, we have a veto pen, and I've used it in the past, and I expect we will have opportunity to use it in the future. That's the nature of the business.

  

  Gary Herbert
  • Business
  • Nature
  • Future

• The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from.

  

  Floyd Patterson
  • Future
  • Pride
  • Fight

• And we lost a lot because of that, and I think this is future gymnastics to separate ages. Because kids can do it more than adult. A woman and adult woman can show more than the small kids.

  

  Olga Korbut
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• Mine is a story about a teenage single mother who struggled to keep her young family afloat. It's a story about a young woman who was given a precious opportunity to work her way up in the world. It's a story about resiliency, and sacrifice, and perseverance. And you're damn right it's a true story.

  

  Wendy Davis
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• It's definitely an interesting question: 'Do you need more funding to start a luxury business?' That's something I want to think about a little bit more.

  

  Aslaug Magnusdottir
  • Business
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• Some call me a Cuban hyphen American. I reject that. I don't believe in hyphenated Americans.

  

  Carlos Beruff
  • Believe
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• I've sung in the shower for years.

  

  Chris Pine

• If I had to pick one social action I could encourage all my friends, family and fans to do, it would be to teach a child. One, to educate them about good music, but two, because that kind of relationship helps build a bond. When you share music with somebody, that then becomes your link to them. Music is what connects a lot of us, over borders.

  

  Aloe Blacc
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• There's a saying, 'It's easy to write songs, but very difficult to write great songs.' I'm going through that right now.

  

  Bryan Adams
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  • Write
  • Difficult

• I don't think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great. You've got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition's an opportunity to have an audience.

  

  Al Pacino
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  • Opportunity
  • Audience

• When I like something, I thoroughly pursue it. That hasn't changed since I was in high school.

  

  Yusaku Maezawa
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• When I think of the Olympics I only think of good things. I think of what a great event it is and what it has done for me and my career, and changed my personal life, too.

  

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